Durand line: The small tribal states west

The small tribal states west of Indus river were allies and tributary of Afghanistan after the collapse of Mughal Empire. They created common front with Afghanistan against the invading Sikh empire.The British defeated the Sikh kingdom and annexed Punjab. The British then defeated the Afghans in several wars and annexed these tribal areas to their empire. The Afghan-British treaty recognized the Durand line as border between Afghanistan and the British colonial empire. The Afghans created a ... Durand Line : A Border Recognized By Saiyan0321 It has become a common Practice for members of the Afghan Jirga or opposition to denounce the Durand line , an internationally recognized boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The recent Chaman-Spin Boldak incident and the continuous border... Durand Line : Mr. Singh mentions Durand Line twice in his book; at the beginning and the end. It's the line that divides Pakistan and Afghanistan. While he writes at length about McMahon Line (along Tibetan section of China-India border as well as Line of Actual Control (LAC between India and China outside the McMahon Line ) and Line of Control (LOC in Kashmir between India and Pakistan), he does not elaborate on Durand Line at all. This begs the following questions: Why does the Durand Line ... According to the Durand Line agreement, Afghanistan relinquished a few districts, including Swat, Chitral and Chageh, although it gained other areas, Nuristan and Asmar, for instance, which it had historically not controlled. The agreement, at least on paper, for the first time demarcated where the Indo-Afghan border started and ended. Before the Durand Line agreement, both India and Afghanistan would make incursions into each other’s domain of influence, frequently sparking border tensions.